Improvement in lasts



L sssss No. 216,491. Patented June 1o, 1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

GEORGE M. WELLS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN LASTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 216,491, dated June 10,1879; application filed November 13, 1876.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

l Be it known that I, GEORGE M. WELLS, of Chicago, Cook county, State ofIllinois, have invented an Improved Last, of which the following is aspecification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal f vertical section of oneform of last embodying my invention, and Fig.2 of' a last of a differentform, but also embodying my invention.

My invention relates to a new construction of lasts; and consists in theheel-block, more fully described hereinafter. y In Fig. 1, A representsthe main portion of a last of the usual constructionb being the ordinaryblock, and B my heel-block. `C rep resents the usual jack or othersupport for the last.

In Fig. 2 the last is of a diii'erent construction from that usuallyused, the main part A, block b, and standard C being all in one piece ofcast metal. Here my heel-block B must be so connected to the last thatit may be separated from the other part of the last in order to free thelast from the shoe, and the means of connection which I prefer is a ribon one member anda corresponding groove on the other, as shown in Fig.2, and this rib and groove may be dovetailed, if desired. `The shape andsize of my heel-block are largely determined (as will be clear to allFig. 1; but the standard C constitutes no part of my present invention.

When the parts B, C, and b are cast in one piece, that part ofthestandard C which extends beyond the dotted line crossing the standard isomitted.

I am aware that in boot and shoe trees the foot is commonly in twoparts, and I do not, of course, claim a last in two parts; but a lastwith a heel-block, by which Imean a block no Vpart of which forms partof the sole of the last, is new with lne.

What I claim is- The improved last consisting of the heelblook B andlnain part A, the bottom of A forming the entire sole of the last,substantially as described.

GEO. M. WELLS.

Witnesses:

J E. MAYNADIER, GEO. O. G. CoALE.

